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Ash Sutton ends the Donington Park race weekend strong with a second victory in a row. Ricky Collard started from pole ahead of Dexter Patterson but both would come under significant pressure from the two BMW's on the second row. Collard would manage to maintain the lead while Patterson dropped to fourth as Charles Rainford led Daryl DeLeon. A spin further back for Lewis Selby would almost collect a few other drivers but everyone got away without any damage. Sutton would try

Ash Sutton took the race victory in race 2 of the weekend after jumping Mikey Doble early. Before the race could start, Tom Ingram would pull into the pitlane with an issue taking him out of the race early after his disqualification from race one. Doble started from pole but would lose the lead quickly to Sutton and Charles Rainford dropping him to third. Rainford would take the inside line trying to pass Sutton but a cutback move from the NAPA driver would give him the lead

Mikey Doble claims victory in opening race of the season after Tom Ingram was disqualified. A slow start from pole for Daniel Rowbottom would drop him to fourth allowing Ingram to take the lead from Josh Cook and Charles Rainford. The four would fight hard over the opening lap all while behind them Sutton would move up eight places in the opening lap as he charges through the field. Rowbottom jumped back up to third passing Rainford before the end of the opening lap. Sutton m

Daniel Rowbottom took the first pole position of the season at Donington Park this weekend in new qualifying format by 24 thousandths of a second. The new season of BTCC started with a bang as the new qualifying format was introduced for the first time. Starting off with the drivers in two groups, group 1 would set the odd numbered positions on the grid for the qualifying race while group 2 would do the same for the even numbered side. Then after a 15 minute break, the pitlan

The final pre-season test for the BTCC sees Charles Rainford and Mikey Doble set the fastest times in the final day of pre-season testing. The morning session was the first time all 21 drivers were on track ahead of the 2026 season with Mikey Doble in the PMR Audi topping the timesheets with a 47.553. He led a PMR 1-2 with Dexter Patterson setting a time only eight hundredths slower than his teammate. Àròn Taylor-Smith was the fastest Toyota with him going third fastest in th

British GT champion Ricky Collard will return to the BTCC for 2026 with Team Vertu Hyundai completing lineup. Collard is a third generation racer, who started his car racing career in Formula Ford in 2014 after karting. He would then race in British F4 in 2015 finishing runner-up to reigning F1 world champion Lando Norris. He would then racing in British F3 (now known as GB3) the following year finishing runner-up again that season. Collard would make the switch to GT's, he w

Nic Hamilton joins ExcelR8 and Hyundai supported by Draper tools. Hamilton is the only driver to race in the BTCC with a disability and continues to drive with us after making the switch to a new team. Hamilton, after initially joining the championship in 2015 before returning in 2019, joins Hyundai with a ton of experience and a partnership that goes back to 2019 between Draper Tools and ExcelR8 Motorsport in the Mini Challenge. This season will be Hamilton's most competitiv

Daryl DeLeon and Charles Rainford have been announced to be staying with WSR for the 2026 season. After joining WSR last season, the pair reunite after fighting over the Jack Sears Trophy. DeLeon goes into his fourth BTCC season after debuting in 2023 with Team HARD in the Cupra Leon. He only competed in half the season but claimed a best finish of 12th at the finale at Brands. He would continue to drive the Cupra in 2024 finding points finishes fairly often and putting on ve

Young star Daryl DeLeon set the fastest time in day 2 with a record setting lap in the afternoon session at Croft. Ash Sutton after setting solid times throughout yesterday's running with the third fastest time in both sessions yesterday, sets the fastest time for the morning running of day 2 with a 1:20.958. Chris Smiley would set the second fastest time just a quarter of a second behind the NAPA driver while Josh Cook, Daniel Rowbottom and James Dorlin set times within

The reigning BTCC champion Tom Ingram carries on where he left off last season with the fastest time in testing at Croft. The morning session of testing at Croft saw Ingram lead a Team Vertu 1-2 at the top of the time sheets with him setting the fastest time of the day during the second hour of the session. Teammate Tom Chilton sets a time two tenths off Ingram’s pace but put more laps in than his teammate. Four-time BTCC champion Sutton would set the third fastest time a

GBR Stratton have announced that John Hartshorne will partner with former BTCC race winner Ronan Pearson for 2026 British GT Season. Hartshorne is one of the top amateur GT drivers currently with years of experience contesting Le Mans, ELMS and ALMS. He has claimed multiple podiums in ELMS and a race win in the 24-Hour series in the 991 Class. He isn’t new to British GT either, racing in the championship in Aston Martin’s and before that the TVR Tuscan back in his debut i

Power Maxed Racing have announced that Mikey Doble will remain with the team for 2026. Heading into his fourth season with the team, Doble will race alongside Aiden Moffat under the LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing banner for 2026 after a newly found partnership between the two brands. Joining the BTCC in 2023 after a very successful 2022 campaign, claiming the Ginetta GT5 Challenge – Pro championship as well as the BMW Compact Cup, he joined Power Maxed Racin

Aiden Moffat and LKQ Euro Car Parts will make the switch to Power Maxed Racing for the 2026 BTCC Season. Joining the BTCC in 2013 at just 17 years of age, Moffat has had a fairly successful career in the series, claiming points in his second and third race weekends in the back end of the season before moving to Laser Tools Racing for 2014. After a year of learning with Laser Tools in the Chevrolet Cruz, the team switched to the Mercedes-Benz A-Class for 2015 which saw a b

After competing with Toyota and Speedworks in 2025, James Dorlin makes the switch to Restart for the upcoming BTCC season. Dorlin becomes the first driver to be announced by Restart Racing with another driver set to be announced soon. Dorlin joined the BTCC in 2025 after competing in British GT Porsche Sprint Challenge GB. He claimed the 2020 title for the latter while also taking the Silver-Am Championship in British GT in 2022. Previously, he was a McLaren Development Drive

Toyota and Speedworks Motorsport have confirmed their driver lineup for 2026 with Josh Cook and Max Buxton staying with the team. Cook joined the team back in 2024 after One Motorsport decided to take a season out, claiming two wins and seven further podiums on his way to sixth in the drivers standings. He would return to One Motorsport for the first half of 2025 before they had to drop out halfway through the season. He would return to Toyota replacing James Dorlin for t

2026 newcomer Plato Racing have announced that they have signed Adam Morgan for the upcoming BTCC Season. Morgan joined the BTCC in 2012 with Speedworks Motorsport claiming points finishes in twelve races with a best finish of eighth. He would improve in 2012 with only four non-scoring results and claimed his first podium at Oulton Park on his way to seventh in the overall standings. He would switch to the Mercedes-Benz A-Class for 2014, continuing to pick up consistent p

The 2025 Teams Champions, NAPA Racing UK have announced they will make the switch to the Ford Focus Saloon for 2026. It was announced that last season would be the last time that NAPA Racing UK and Alliance Racing would run the Ford Focus ST in the BTCC, and would head into 2026 sporting a new look. A lot of speculation of what it could be whether it was another manufacturer or a model from Ford brand such as the Focus Estate. It has been confirmed that today that the team wi

It has been confirmed today that NAPA Racing UK has locked in their lineup of drivers for the 2026 BTCC Season. Reigning Teams Champions NAPA Racing UK set their sights on a clean sweep of all the BTCC titles available to them heading into 2026, with a four-car strong lineup set to drive them forward for 2026. Four-time BTCC Champion Ash Sutton will race for the team once more with teammate and multi-time race winner Dan Cammish alongside him. The pair will be joined once

It has been announced that young star Dexter Patterson has signed with Power Maxed Racing for the upcoming 2026 season. Racing the Audi S3 for the 2026 season, Power Maxed Racing has confirmed their first driver for the upcoming season with Dexter Patterson embarking on the next chapter of his BTCC career. He started karting in 2011 where he spent a couple years in the Trent Valley Kart Club before switching the Super One Series Championship in 2013 where he would finish

The newly founded BTCC team Plato Racing has announced that multi-time race winner Daniel Rowbottom has signed for the team for 2026. Plato Racing joins the BTCC for 2026 as team owner and two-time BTCC champion Jason Plato looks to make a strong debut with the Mercedes-AMG A35 Saloon built and designed by RML with extensive knowledge of running touring cars in the past. The team have announced that Rowbottom will be the first of two drivers to join them and will push the

The newest entry into the BTCC, Plato Racing, have confirmed that they will be running a pair of Mercedes’ for the upcoming season. Team owner, Jason Plato, announced at the Silverstone round of last season he will be making his return to the BTCC for 2026 not as a driver, but as a team owner. Since then the team announced that they will be partnering with RML to design and build their cars but it was still to be confirmed what they will be running. The team acquired two

In an announcement video on social media, Team Vertu confirmed that reigning BTCC Champion Tom Ingram will stay with the team for 2026. The now two time BTCC Champion and Team Vertu put out the statement on Instagram in a entertaining manner. After scoring eighteen podiums in 2025, seven of those being race wins, to go on to win the title, it looked highly unlikely he'd make the swap to another manufacturer or constructor but the team officially confirms Ingram, much like Chi

The 2026 Season will see a number of changes to the series with new entries, changes in lineups and new manufacturers coming into the series. TBL’s (TOCA BTCC License) are what teams are given for how many cars they can run across the 2026 season. This confirms to TOCA the maximum number of cars that are expected to be run by the teams in their 2026 campaign. However, it does not guarantee that all teams will use all their TBL’s at every round meaning that despite having

Three time BTCC champion Gordon Shedden joins Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport for 2026 in exciting new lineup. The last couple of days have been all exciting news from the Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport camp with them initially announcing their switch to Toyota Corolla's in partnership with Speedworks Motorsport and Toyota Gazoo Racing for the upcoming BTCC season. This would be followed by them announcing the first of their two drivers with Àròn Taylor-Smith joi